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Main wreckage of a cargo plane that turned sideways hong kong A body that fell off the runway and into the sea was recovered from the water on Sunday, days after the fatal crash.
boeing 747, flown by Türkiye-based ACT Airlines DubaiIt skidded after landing last Monday and collided with a patrol car, sending both vehicles into the sea. Two laborers traveling in the car died. The four crew members on board the aircraft were safe.
A rescue ship lifted the front part of the fuselage, adjusting its position in the air. Before the rescue operation, experts conducted an underwater sonar survey, and the runway where the accident occurred was temporarily closed.
The tail and other parts of the plane were removed on Friday, as well as the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder. A government statement said the devices were sent to a laboratory for preliminary testing.
Investigators were working to determine the cause of the crash. The aircraft was operated under lease by Dubai-based long-haul carrier Emirates.
Representatives of the US National Transportation Safety Board and turkeyThe Transportation Security Intelligence Center is also part of the investigation, along with experts from Boeing. The city’s air accident investigation authority said it would release a preliminary report within a month.
Steven Yiu, the airport authority’s executive director of airport operations, had earlier said that weather and runway conditions were up to standards at the time of the accident, while mechanical and human factors had yet to be investigated.